Binding: Paperback
Description: Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large - scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating applications in the real world - from technology to global warming politics human behaviour and even gambling on the stock market. Leonard Smith shows that we all have an intuitive understanding of chaotic systems. He uses accessible maths and physics (replacing complex equations with simple examples like pendulums railway lines and tossing coins) to explain the theory and points to numerous examples in philosophy and literature (Edgar Allen Poe Chang - Tzu Arthur Conan Doyle) that illuminate the problems. The beauty of fractal patterns and their relation to chaos as well as the history of chaos and its uses in the real world and implications for the philosophy of science are all discussed in this Very Short Introduction. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Chaos: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Smith Leonard M. D. (Senior Research Fellow In Mathematics University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192853783
Pages: 208 Pages, 30 Halftones And Line Drawings
Publication Date: 4/16/2007
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Popular Science